Fringe File #17: The 2nd Annual Golden Lanyard Awards Arts Comedy Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - August 12, 2019August 12, 2019 Last night, the Minnesota Fringe Festival announced the recipients of the 2nd Annual Golden Lanyard Awards. These awards honor, among other things, the best-selling shows in each venue, several audience and artist voting categories, and Fringe staff favorites. A total of 28 awards were bestowed on 23 shows and 1
Fringe File #16: The Arts Reader Awards Arts Comedy Dance Music Theatre by Hanne Appelbaum - August 10, 2019August 12, 2019 The Minnesota Fringe Festival's annual domination of the Arts Reader's coverage is almost complete. Each year, for a period of around six weeks, coverage of the region's largest performing arts festival takes over our homepage. This focus reflects a larger action in the industry: many theatres and musical organizations simply choose
Fringe File #15: Mini-Reviews #4 Arts Comedy Dance Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 9, 2019August 9, 2019 A collage of promotional images for shows discussed in this article. Note: So as to capture different reviewers' varying perspectives, the Arts Reader sometimes reviews the same show twice. Chisago Haute Dish Productions parodies the musical Chicago, by changing the story from two female killers in Chicago, to an Orlando, Florida woman who
Fringe File #14: Mini-Reviews #3 Arts Comedy Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 6, 2019August 9, 2019 A collage of promotional images of shows reviewed in this article. All is Bright Five years after its last Minnesota Fringe appearance, the New York City-based Shelby Company is back with a hilarious new comedy. Underneath All is Bright's "people talking at a bar" schtick is a powerful comedy executed with exquisite
Fringe File #13: Mini-Reviews #2 Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 4, 2019August 4, 2019 A collage of promotional images for shows reviewed in this article. Saturday saw the first officially sold out performance of the 2019 Minnesota Fringe Festival, The Winding Sheet Outfit's You Are Cordially Invited to the Life and Death of Edward Lear. Hot on its heels was Devious Mechanics' Edith Gets High,
Fringe File #12: INTERVIEW: Aidan Jhane Gallivan on Chocolate Covered Chicken Wings Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - August 3, 2019August 4, 2019 A scene from Chocolate Covered Chicken Wings, now playing at the Minnesota Fringe Festival. One of the Minnesota Fringe Festival shows playing at the Augsburg Studio is Chocolate Covered Chicken Wings. This play with an unusual culinary title was written by Catherine Hansen and is produced by Paradox Productions. The Arts
Fringe File #11: Mini-Reviews #1 Arts Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 2, 2019August 5, 2019 A promotional image for Edith Gets High, one of several shows to open last night with the start of the Minnesota Fringe Festival. The main Minnesota Fringe Festival opened last night. Over the next week and a half, roughly 50,000 tickets will be sold as audiences flock to the largest theatre
Fringe File #10: The Out-of-Town Previews Arts Comedy Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 1, 2019August 2, 2019 A collage of promotional images from the Minnesota Fringe Festival's out-of-town preview event. 'Twas the night before Fringe, and all through the house, there were squeakings and stirrings of Mr/Ms Theatre Mouse. The last step in the Minnesota Fringe Festival's preview process is in many ways one of the most exciting:
Fringe File #9: A Working Mom’s Guide to the 2nd Day of Fringe Arts Dance Theatre by Hanne Appelbaum - August 1, 2019August 2, 2019 A walking itinerary for the 2nd day of the Minnesota Fringe Festival. As a working mother, I prize my evenings out. After getting the kids settled enough to walk out the door, paying for a babysitter, and coordinating schedules with someone else, there are some things that I just don't want to
Fringe File #8: The Second Round of Previews Arts Comedy Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 30, 2019August 2, 2019 A collage of publicity photos from shows featured at the 2nd official Minnesota Fringe Festival preview event. With no further ado, here are all the videos from the second round of Minnesota Fringe Festival previews. #OrdinaryHeroes (presented by Minneapolis Ballet Dancers) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoB75dWCCFM 10 Minutes Between 1:50 and 2AM by Melancholics Anonymous) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm7GAadqb1I Ancient Future Division: Battle